Stewart to present final President's Lecture

Posted February 13, 2012; 06:56 p.m.

by Staff

Susan Stewart, the Avalon Foundation University Professor in the Humanities and professor of English at Princeton, will deliver the final talk in the 2011-12 President's Lecture Series at 4:30 p.m. Thursday, March 1, in the Friend Center, Room 101. Stewart, who is a poet, critic and translator, will speak on "The Ruins Lesson," exploring questions about why ruins have proved to be a fertile subject for Western poets and artists. The lecture will be webcast.